> Is there a reason you can't use capture phase listeners? I definitely can, and that's the solution I'm going to use. It just didn't occur to me because:
a) I was working in MXML and was just attaching listeners using attributes. b) DragEvent inherits from MouseEvent, which to me at least, implies that it behaves like MouseEvent, which means a default of bubbling (even though the MouseEvent constructor indicates the default is to not bubble, which I assume is just in keeping with Event's constructor's default arguments). So, my problem is now solved... I just think both of these issues should be raised somewhere "officially" so others don't bang their head on it quite as much as I did. The two points that need to be made: - MXML event attributes are added with the defaults, which means *not* the capture phase. - DragEvents don't bubble like MouseEvents, so if you need to get them higher up the hierarchy you have to capture them. Troy.
